PhD Ombud: Peter Carlman
Mail: phdombud@kau.se
Phone: 054-700 12 09
When you run into problems during your doctoral studies you can contact our PhD ombud. Our PhD ombudswoman gives individual support and counseling to all doctoral students. All matters are handled with strict confidentiality.
I can be of support if there are issues you want to discuss concerning your research education.
Conference presentation at American Association of Geographers
Lena Grip, human geography, held a presentation at the AAG annual meeting in Washington, 3-6 April:
L. Grip. Production of National Space and the Every Day Practice of Local Integration Policy. Session: Scales of sub-national refugee regimes: a transatlantic comparison.
What happens when global and national sustainable development policies are managed in different local conditions? What agency and tools do municipalities and small local communities have in order to manage transition challenges and societal risks?
Digital communication infrastructures - such as undersea cables, data centers, and satellites - alongside digital platforms predominantly owned and operated by global private corporations like Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook), not only enable connectivity but also control and condition access to vast segments of the digital space.
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The study is led by researchers from Karlstad University in collaboration with researchers at Lund University and the University of Applied Sciences for Social Work, Education, and Nursing, Dresden.
When I came to Karlstad University in august 2019, I had no idea how dynamic my sabbatical year as a guest researcher at CTF, Service Research Center, would become.
A sabbatical
I am assistant professor of user-centered innovation at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of TU Delft, which started out as a traditional product design department, but by now conducts research and educates in design and innovation of products, services and systems.
Kombinerad ECHA och igMCG konferens 16-18 juni 2025
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Where can I see the programmeThe programme is ready, you find it on the website in the Menu - Practical information - ProgrammeThe programme is also available in the conference app. How do I get the conference app?Kau Event appFor programs and information about activities during the conference days, please download our meeting app Kau Event.Download the Kau event app for iPhone on the App StoreDownload the Kau
In 2023 and 2024 cooperative research is conducted, where researchers from Karlstad University, work together with pedagogues at a small privately owned preschool. In this project, different understandings of the preschool's obligation to teach democracy, or “democratic work in preschool” are explored, and pedagogical strategies to develop the teaching and education related to democracy are tested. The project is funded by ULF and the teacher education board at Karlstad University.
Are you interested in cooperating with the lab? Our research/teacher team and you as a partner will jointly define a project where you will get access to the knowledge created in the project. It is also possible to hire the lab and the equipment.
Karlstad Municipality has a contact centre where you can get an answer any question about the municipality.
It is located at the public library in the city centre during daytime in weekdays. Address: Bibliotekshuset, Västra torggatan 26.There is also a great deal of information in several languages on the webpage
Below is a list of approximate expenses to consider when planning a budget for an academic semester in Karlstad (SEK = Swedish crowns).
Approximate expenses in SEK
Accommodation 21,000
Food 10,000
Local travel 2,800
Phone/Internet 1,500
Miscellaneous 8,000
Total per semester (5 months) 43,300
Total per month 8,660
Costs for 2024, Study in Sweden has current estimations
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Credit cards are accepted in most places in Sweden, in particula
Materialforskning
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Carbon based nano-structures are very promising for future applications in electrical and electromechanical devices. They generally consist of graphene-like atomic layers that form tubes shapes or other shapes, such as cones. Carbon nanotubes consist of graphene layers that are rolled into concentric tubes, while for carbon fibres the graphene layers are not fully parallel to the fibre axis.
Doctoral thesis
2021-05-19 Omar Richardson
Multiscale models and simulations for diffusion and interaction in heterogeneous domains
978-91-7867-205-9
2020-12-03 Thoa Thieu
Models for coupled active-passive population dynamics: Mathematical analysis and simulation
ISBN 978-91-7867-164-9
2019-10-25 Arthur Vromans
Homogenization of pseudoparabolic reaction-diffusion-mechanics systems: Multiscale modeling, well-posedness and convergence rates
ISBN 978-91-7867-038-3
2017-02-10
We now have IP access to Dawsonera ebooks
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Reading and downloading no longer requires a login while on campus. For more fuctionality and for off campus access it is possible to create a personal log in through the "sign in" option.
To get access off campus you must login with your student account through the proxy or with a previously created personal log in.
2018-11-29
Each year, the business and economics students at Karlstad Business School, award a particularly skilled teacher the Teacher of the Year Award. This year's award goes to Tony Edman of Business Administration. This was announced at the Key Job Fair fest banquet on Wednesday the 28th of November.
Karlekon, the student association for business administration and economics, give the award Theacher of The Year to an engaged, skillful and dedicated teacher every year.
Forskning
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» Samhälle, kultur och språk
Every day we encounter expressions of different religious traditions in our surroundings, in the news, in literature, in art and in popular culture. It is clear that religion can be an expression of both conflict, reconciliation and a sense fellowship. Thus it is important, relevant and interesting to engage in the field of religious studies.
Some of the questions students process and deepen their understanding of are: What is religion?
The need for increased cyber security is growing day by day. As a response, the Swedish government is investing a total of SEK 100 million over the next few years in Cybercampus Sweden, which has now opened with an inauguration at KTH. The purpose behind the investment is to strengthen both skills supply and research in cyber security.
2023-06-02
Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson, both professors in media and communication studies, have won the 2023 Tankard Book Award.
Tell us about “Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept”, your co-authored and award-winning book.
- Independence, or autonomy as we refer to it in the book, is a key ideal in journalism, says Michael Karlsson. That is true in Sweden as well as abroad.
Copernicus is a publisher of open access journals in geoscience and adjacent disciplines. The publisher holds circa 50 open access journals. The agreement - funded by The Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas och Vinnova - offers KAU researchers open access publishing at no cost in any Copernicus journal.
How does it work?
Manuscripts submitted to Copernicus from 2024-01-01 are eligible within the agreement.
The conflicts fall into three categories – easy, difficult and impossible. A collaboration between working life science and sociology has led to a book for students.
Jonas Axelsson, Senior Lecturer in working life science at Karlstad Business School, and Markus Arvidson, Senior Lecturer in sociology at Karlstad University, have a long-term interest in matters of loyalty. They have known each other for more than ten years and had many discussions on the topic.
2021-11-24
Over the last decade, perovskites have received much attention in solar cell research all over the world. Perovskite solar cells combine the benefits of the high performance of conventional silicon solar cells and the low cost of polymer-based solar cells.
Research data can be shared or disseminated in different ways. This often happens informally between colleagues or research partners. If research data is available via data repositories, others can find, reuse and cite the data.If data contains personal information, and particularly sensitive data, this may affect possibilities to make it accessible.Remember that documentation should be as extensive as possible to facilitate assessment and reuse of data. File formats must also be considered.
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Here you will find information about forthcoming activities.
Sustainability fikaWe welcome all researchers with an interest in sustainability and Agenda 2030 to digital fika. The sustainability fika brings together researchers with an interest in environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The point of departure is an inclusive understanding of sustainability with a critical approach.
